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Join me as we learn kumish for Friday
the sixth Torah reading of paras
chapter 10:35.
Today we're going to encounter in the
Torah is something unique that there is
nowhere else in the Torah a letter that
is placed upside down on two sides
making like a brackets on one section of
the Torah.
This section even according to some
opinions in the Talmud is considered a
Torah for itself. However, Rashi will
explain to us the purpose of why these
brackets are placed here.
Verse 35.
And it was whenever the tra the ark
traveled was set out. Moshe would say,
"Arise, oh God, may your enemies be
scattered.
And may those who hate you flee from
you." Rashi. Verse 35.
If you look in the Torah, you'll see
like brackets upside down or backwards
before it and after these two verses
to tell you that this is not the actual
spot of where should be. So
why is it placed here
to be able to make an interruption
between one negative event and another
negative event? As it says,
We will see what the negative events was
before when they traveled for the three
days um that they wanted to meet and
then we're going to see the letter um
and the different events that happened
during the Jewish people's complaining
while they were in the desert.
He would be caused, the ark would go
before the Jewish people by a three-day
distance.
Moshe would say
Moshe would say, "Get up and stand. Wait
for us. Don't go too far." This is what
it says.
What does it mean that your enemies
should scatter?
These are the enemies that come against
the Jewish people. That they gather
together to hurt the Jewish people.
That's what he says. that they should
scatter
and those that hate us should flee from
you. What that is referring to those are
those that come not only that gather to
plot against the Jewish people but those
that actually try to advance and to come
against the Jewish people they should
flee
your enemies. Is there anybody that how
can it be somebody God's enemies? What's
he referring to here?
These are the enemies of the Jewish
people.
Whoever hates the Jews
hates indeed God because God chose the
Jewish people as it says in
that from your enemies they um try to
bring sacrifice they try to create uh
leadership or be able to show that
they're great
mi who are God's enemies as he continues
in there
those that try to plot against the
Jewish people. Verse 36.
And when the ark came to rest,
Moshe would say,
"Repose, oh God, amongst the myriads of
thousands of Israel.
Rest repose
explains
like to rest."
Like we see in Isaiah it says that with
rest and with if you do what God says
your salvation would come in a calm in a
nice way
what is the number is means and of a
number of like 10,000
over here it tells us
this teaches us that the divine presence
doesn't rest amongst the Jewish people
when there's less than 22,000
people and that's when there's a special
blessing that's made and so
Chapter 11:1 we now continue with the
incident of that happened in the place
called
it was when the people continue to
complain and be evil in God's ears
and God heard and God got upset up then
and became angry
and a fire from God broke out amongst
them
and consume the extreme parts of the
camp. What that means, we'll soon see in
Rashi different interpretations of what
this is about.
When he uses the terminology without
saying the Jewish people, it just says
plain the nation. It's referring to the
evil people of the Jewish nation. And
that's why he doesn't call them the Jews
because they weren't acting
appropriately.
So do we. We see later on when Moshe
cries the God, what should I do with
these people? It also says later in
Jeremiah this bad nation however when
they're called when they are doing
what's proper they're called my nation
like God says send my nation what did my
nation do so when we do the right thing
we're God's nations when we don't do the
right thing God forbid we're the nation
like complainers
the word means that they're lielist
coming up with complaints
They're looking for excuses of how they
can go away from what God told them to
do.
So too we find the same terminology by
Shimon in book of judges.
They're looking for excuses and the same
terminology, same root word
as well.
meaning not that they were um not that
they were like whispering what they were
doing wrong but they made their
complaint known which is bad
they were trying to intimidate or say
things which would anger God and what
was their argument they said wo is to us
look how hard we worked on this way
traveled for three days. Such a painful
long trip
and this was the first complaint as we
mentioned previously that we said there
were two complaints that they had.
Number one was when they went
when they traveled from the mountain the
word the Talmud explains that that they
traveled away from the mountain of God
meaning that they traveled away from
God. That was the first complaint of
their complaint of how the road or the
difficulty in travel.
So God said,
"I wanted you should travel right away
for three days because I wanted you to
come into the land of Israel right
away."
And you're complaining for the good that
I did for you. What does it mean? At the
edge of the campus,
it's referring to those people that were
distant. Meaning that they were at the
edge. They were the people at the
extreme end. They weren't the uh from
the popular people or they were the
people that they were always at the cuff
of things and making problems on the
side. Referring to the Avivra which were
the multitude of nations that came along
with the Jewish people. They were not
real comforts. They only were afraid of
what was going to happen and therefore
they wanted to join along and every so
often they're the ones that are making
the problems as time comes from
explains what does
on the opposite the word which means
generals also comes from the word that
the ones that were complaining were from
the ministers and the more important
people and therefore they were um worthy
that they should be punished for such
type of behavior.
Verse
two.
And the people cried out to Moshe
and God Moshe prayed to God and the fire
that was consuming them stopped
subsided.
This is like an example of a king of
flesh and blood who gets upset at his
son that did something wrong.
So the son goes to the friend of the
father formerly and he tells them say
please go ask my father that he should
have mercy on me. So to over here the
Jewish people saw that god was upset and
because of that a fire came out and was
consuming people and therefore who do
they go to? who went to motion say come
on you're friendly with God and please
pray for us
that means it was put out
and it subsided and it went back to one
of the sides the came from to that
outside of the camp
it was like folding up and moving away
and burning anything that was on its way
on that whole side of from where the
wind came from and where the fire came
Therefore, Moshe called that name of
that place a blaze
because for a fire of God has broken out
amongst them there.
Verse four, now the incident that was
the first incident of the complaining of
the Jewish people. Here we come to the
second negative event that happened as
well.
A few of the although only a few of the
mixed multitudes were still amongst the
Jewish people because many of them
already participated in the previous
incident and therefore there were still
however there were still a few and
therefore he calls them over here
the mixed multitude amongst the Jewish
people
that was amongst the Jewish people.
They began to have strong cravings
and they sat down and they began to cry.
And this caused also that the Jewish
people should as well become to cry. And
they said, "Who will feed us?"
Rashi.
These are the people of the Rav, the
multitude of of the Egyptians that were
amongst the Jewish people. Janesim uses
means that they gathered with them. But
when they left Egypt, what does it mean?
They returned. They went back meaning
the Jewish people joined them
and they cried together with these
people.
Why were they complaining about me? They
didn't have any meat. Doesn't it say
that the multitude of people went with
them and they brought cattle, sheep,
goat, they have everything with them. So
why could they could have went and
slaughtered their animal and they have
what to eat?
If you're going to say they ate it
already,
but we find later on in chapter 32 when
the people of come along to Moses and
they say that we have so much cattle
that we want to stay on the side of the
Jordan.
What was going on over here?
They're looking for excuses to go back
to Egypt. And therefore they were making
excuses and complaints, liels, things
that really have no um substance to it
because if they really wanted meat, they
could have went and slaughtered their
animals.
What's their complaint? They continue.
We remember the fish that we ate in
Egypt free.
The cucumbers and the watermelons and
the leaks and the onions and the garlic.
They're saying all the things that they
remembered that they had in Egypt
that they ate in Egypt free since when
they ate it free they were working as
slaves. Rashi says,
"Yeah, you're gonna say that what does
it mean that the Egyptians gave them
free?
If they didn't give him the straw,
if they didn't give them straw for free,
do you think they gave them fish for
free?" So why are the Jewish people
saying free fish?
So what does it mean over here? Freez.
They were able to eat without being
obliged to doing any commandments. The
word meaning that they didn't have to
give anything of their fish. They didn't
have to give any tithing that they
didn't have to give they didn't have any
pro any other side issues. They just got
what they ate what they wanted and did
what they wanted.
The cucumbers
says
that the mana was able to change to any
taste that a person wanted besides these
things.
The reason why these things the mana did
not change to because it is difficult.
It can hurt women that are nursing
because we find this that we tell a
woman who is nursing.
Do not eat garlic and onion because of
the baby that's nursing.
So to the sample for a king that it says
in the he gave to his uh that he gives
to his son
a nurse that helps bring up the
children. And the king is telling him
don't give that food, don't give that
food. and the king and because he cares
for the grandchild. Meanwhile, the son's
complaining, "Why can't we have that
food?" And he doesn't realize the
consequences that may come from it. So
to over here, God didn't give it to them
because it may hurt the child. And what
are they doing complaining? Oh, how come
we can't have the things of of those
kind of things. Kushim Rashi gives us
the translation of what they are. And in
old French cucumbers as we call it today
in English avatikim is watermelon. In
old French bhikus
bkish
kishin which is leak and in old French
we find it also in the bina.
Okay next verse verse six.
But now they continued we are our soul.
We are bored. There's nothing in there
is nothing for us.
The only thing that we have before our
eyes is the mana. It's we have nothing
else. We don't have more items on the
menu.
They complained. We have man in the
morning in the evening. We want a little
bit of a change of menu.
Verse seven.
And the mana that they had, the mana was
like a coriander seed
and its color was like of a crystal.
This is verse is telling us about about
the quality of the month. This is not
going on what the Jewish people
complain. This is telling us about what
the quality of the month. And he says as
follows
the one that said the previous verse
does not say this verse
the Jews were saying the only thing we
have is mana
and God responds in the Torah. They're
complaining about the money. You know
what the G man was like? It was
coriander seeds. It was like it was like
it had this idea was like a crystal.
Look what these people are complaining
about.
was so important.
It was round
like this crystal
like the colander seeds.
It's the name of a good stone and like a
crystal.
verse eight.
The Jewish people would have to then the
the people could go and walk and gather
it
and they ground it in a mill
or they crushed it in a mortar
and then they can cook it in a pot.
They would make from it cakes
and the taste of it was
like a pastry that was moisture of oil.
Rashi
the word
the word means that they would go stroll
take a walk and they were able to go. It
wasn't difficult for them to go pick it
up.
That means not that necessarily that
they had to actually put it into was
ready-made food. They didn't have to put
it into a millstone or to grind it or to
whatever may be, but the taste changed
according to what the person you wanted
it to taste like a cake. You wanted it
to taste like ground. You wanted it to
taste whatever you wanted it to taste
like. That's what it was. And those were
the choices.
It had like a moisture or dampness of
oil on it. That's the way Dunishes Ben
Labraat was another one of the
commentators of the the grammatical
language who mentioned many times
one of the other uh great people of
grammar at the time that Rashi looked at
it was a fellow by the name of and he
says the following he finds other places
which are similar
that we find this in from a prayer of
that he says because of his great
worries the um it became so in how it
felt in the of the summer. The lid
when they talk about
is the foundation of the word meaning
it's part of the actual word. It's not
like a prefix of the word itself.
However, the rabbis give a different
interpretation. The word
that the word that the mana became like
the breast that a child nurses from.
The problem is
we don't find the concept of nursing
when it comes to oil.
And you cannot explain simply to say
that that's what it means to the uh to
the oil.
So if you wanted to maybe one would try
to translate the word
to say that the comes from the word
that is shaman that they became fatty
because of the oil. But Rashi explains
that based on the grammatical
pronunciation of it of where the vowels
are placed, it would have to be a and
over here we have a and how it changes
the word shaman to shaman. Meaning that
instead of it meaning oil, it should
mean shaman to get fattened. And that's
Rashi negates that translation.
And therefore, what does Rashi say? to
become its but the way we have it over
here is that has a sh like when oil and
therefore
it doesn't have a small
because it's at the end of a verse as
well you'll find any time that a word at
the end of a verse will change from
shaman to shaman or will always have a
at the end of a word like sele will
change to for example you have it would
become
like that nature
another explanation of what this lad
Lashad can be also a word that's made up
of many different uh letters. You take
the word and split and change it around
and it's actually a an abbreviation
telling us that this dough this uh mana
that they had
was like a dough that was kneaded with
oil
and is smeared with honey.
The who says it was smeared with oil is
more similar to the grammatic
translation that Dunishes explained that
it had a smearing of oil than to the
other one that it has an abbreviation
that it was a dough with oil smeared
with honey.
Verse nine,
when the de descended on the camp la at
night, the mana would descend upon it as
well.
This was all telling us about how the
mana would come and as that the mana
would come at night with the doom,
making sure it wouldn't get dirty and
the uniqueness and specialty about the
mana. Now going back to what the Jewish
people were complaining about. Verse 10
heard the people
weeping with their families.
Each person at the entrance of his tent
and God get really upset became angry
and Moshe also considered it evil.
Verse 10.
They were not crying on their own in a
proper modest way, but it was families
and families were crying together to be
able to publicize their complaint
against God.
The rabbis explained that this was also
another problem that was happening
there.
They weren't only complaining about the
meat in the menu, but they were
complaining that they were given laws
governing their promiscuity that they
were not allowed to pre um as we
mentioned previously that they were the
laws pertaining of who they are allowed
to marry and not. This was what they
were upset about because the Noahites
did not have the detailed laws that the
Jewish people have of who they were
allowed to and not to marry.
verse uh verse 11.
Moses said to God,
"Why have you treated your servant so
badly?
Why didn't I find favor in your eyes
that you place the burden of this entire
nation upon me?" Verse 12,
that I conceive all these people
that I give birth to them. You're
telling me say
carry them in your bosom
like a nursing woman carries a suckling
on the to the land
that you promised to your forefathers to
their forefathers
says
you am I the one that gave birth to them
that you're telling me that I have to
carry them and take care of their
problems. You may ask when did God tell
him this? Where did he tell him this?
Because God told them in the book of
Exodus, go and take lead these people
out.
You told me, you commanded the Jewish
people,
you take upon yourself to lead the
Jewish people,
even if it means that you're going to
have to suffer from them and without
being upset at them.
You're telling me I should carry them in
my bosom. I shall bring them to the land
of Israel.
This is what he's going back to when he
tells them how should I carry them what
should I do
verse 13
where do I have meat from to give all
these people that they are crying to me
saying give us meat then we should eat
it verse 14
I do not I cannot carry the
responsibility of the entire people
alone
many because it's too difficult for me.
Verse 15.
And if this is the way you're going to
treat me,
please kill me if you actually if I
found favor in your regard. Why?
Because I do not want to see the evil
that happens.
Moshe, why does he use a terminology of
a female terminology? Because over here
Moshe became weakened like a female.
When saw the terrible punishment that
God was ready to give the Jewish people,
he became so weak that therefore it
changes it to a female term. He didn't
have the strength to say, "How can you
punish this?" And he says, "I can't
tolerate this. I don't want to see this
evil happen to them.
Say in their bad. Why are you saying in
his bad?
The Torah changed it.
This is one of the places where the
Torah changes it to be able to give it
in a more respectful way. And that's why
God actually diminished the punishment
based on Moshe's request.
But the very fact that Moshe said, "I
cannot carry the responsibility on my
own over here." Therefore, God responds
in verse 16.
And God says to Moshe, "Therefore,
gather to me, assemble for me 70 men
from the elders of the Jews
that you know that they are elders,
people's elders,
and they are foremen that they will
enforce it
and you'll bring them to the tent of
meeting
and they will stand there together with
you." Rashi,
this is the response. Rashi says you
giving a response to your complaint.
I can't do it myself.
One second. Wasn't there already 70
elders that he gathered in the land of
Egypt? What happened to them?
Where are those?
Already had 70 helpers.
Go and get those 70 elders.
What happened was that they died. If you
recall the second opinion, what happened
by when God got angry and the Jewish
people that were complaining why were
they leaving and the travels was too
hard for them and who were the people
that were complaining were the leaders
the generals amongst the Jewish people
those were the 70 leaders that were
killed as well. according to the other
opinion as well. So it could be that
they also died in the sin of the golden
calf
and therefore they were worthy of it
already from the time of mount.
Others explained that these people were
also killed by the firewood that set out
previously only once they left Mount
Sinai because since by mount si it says
that they saw God and they saw God and
they were eating and drinking and they
did not have the proper respect.
However, God did not and it was like
disrespectful a person seeing in front
of the king and eating his lunch.
Therefore, God said I don't want to
disturb the great event of the giving of
the Torah. I'll wait until they travel
and over here by this first event that's
when they died as well.
these are the people that you know that
they were made as foremen in the land of
Egypt
and they cured for them
and because of that they were punished
and they were pay and they were hit by
the Egyptians
that it says that the leaders of the
deformment of the Jewish people were
were punished were beaten
and now it's only right that the same
way they suffered because of the Jewish
people they should be made leaders for
the Jewish people and Assist Moshe in
his holy work.
You will take them. How are you going to
take them?
Convince them. Persuade them.
How lucky you are that you were
appointed to be God's um the
representatives for the Jewish people.
They should stand there with you. So the
Jewish people would see
and they will give them respect and
honor.
Look how lucky and look how special
these people are that they went with
Moshe to hear God's word.
Verse 17
and I will go down and I will descend
and speak with you there
and I will elevate them by taking from
your spirit that's upon you and I will
put it with you
and they will then carry with you
and the burden of the people. You will
not have to bear the beer burden on your
own.
This is one of the 10 places in the
Torah where God uses the terminology, I
will go down. The divine presence is
revealed in this world as it says by
Mount Si.
I will talk to you but not with them.
They will be there and I will then take
the word.
will make uh I will I will I will then
bring I will bestow
that spirit
as it says in other places as well to
the meaning to the great and important
people of the Jewish people they did not
come in contact with I will place on
them
what was Moshe compared to at that time
like a candle
that's sitting on a candalabra
Mosha was like this candle in the candle
labor that everybody is using it to be
able to create their fire but the candle
itself is not diminished. So too God
says I will take from you your holiness
your divine presence and I will give
from it to others but yours will not be
diminished.
This was a condition,
the condition that they will be able to
receive that divine presence that they
should be able to deal and be involved
with the different problems and issues
that the Jewish people have
because the Jewish people were known to
be people who um can bother their
leaders with all different kinds of
requests and not listen to what they're
told.
This is a response to what you said.
You're not able to carry the load on
your own. Here you go. They will be the
ones to help you.
And to the people you're going to say as
follows. They should be sanctified for
tomorrow. They will eat meat because
they cried the earth of God. Lamer
saying,
"Who's going to give us meat?
Because it was good for us while we were
in Egypt.
God is going to give you meat and you
will eat." He's scat you. Why do they
have to sanctify themselves? Meaning has
get yourselves ready for a punishment
that's coming upon you because of this
meat. So to it says in another place
using the world a holiness
that a person in the book of Jeremiah
that you should sanctify yourself at the
day of death meaning that the also a
type of warning recognition of what's
coming. verse uh 19.
You're not only going to have meat for
one day, not only for two days, not for
five days,
not 10 days, and not for 20 days. Verse
20,
but for a full month,
you're going to have it so much it'll be
coming out of your nose. You'll be
nauseated from it. This is one of the
places you see a common language that is
taken from the Torah coming out of your
nose is from this Torah reading.
And because it will be for you, it will
be nauseiating for you can be asked them
only because you have uh you have
despised God as Hashem God that's
amongst you and you cried lamer saying
why did we leave Egypt
this punishment is going to happen by
the righteous people amongst them
that they won't go weakened I'll meet
the same on their beds for
only afterwards their soul is going to
go out.
However, by the people
uh by the evil ones, it says later on
the meat is going to be still between
their teeth.
That's and that meaning that they're
going to
that while they're still eating the
meat, they're going to be killed by the
righteous ones. They'll have the meat
and they won't die from it.
This is what it means in the
in the reads it the opposite way. The
evil people
they're going to eat it and they're
going to suffer for 30 days because of
the meat that they ate.
The righteous ones
they're going to have a simple death
without any pain or suffering. So
there's two opposite interpretations.
One is that the righteous won't die at
all and that they'll go 30 days eating
but they won't die. the same the other
one. But however, the evil ones are
going to die immediately by eating the
meat. The other interpretation is that
the evil ones will suffer for 30 days
from eating the meat and the other ones,
the good ones will die immediately
without suffering.
You're going to be so disgusted by it.
It's gonna be feel that you ate so much
of it that it's gonna be coming out of
your nose
and you're gonna be nauseated by it.
You're gonna be so nauseated when you're
nauseated by something you're nauseous
from it that instead of bringing it to
you're going to keep on pushing it away
that you won't have a temptation to eat
it anymore
like
I've seen that people call the
terminology
meaning a sword that hurts you. They
call it zer. So in this case the meat is
going to be for them like a death
penalty type of thing
that because if you would have God
amongst you meaning if you would have
the very fact that I am amongst you and
I've given you everything you've need
the very fact that you uh had the ego to
be able to say oh I'm asking meat and
vegetables in the desert is because you
don't have God amongst you don't don't
have that self-nullification you don't
have that humility
And that means what's causing you to ask
and complain for such type of things is
because you don't have that fear of God
within you.
Verse 21.
Oh, that in whose m I'm in you're
telling me I'm going to give them
they'll have enough to eat for a month's
time.
Even though they were technically more
than 600,000 people that was only men
between 1 and 60
or even then there was 600,000 plus
3,000 as we saw the number Moshe was not
talking about the detailed but he was
talking about the general from
Mosha explains that actually technically
yes there were more people but the ones
that actually complained were only the
600,000 that came out of Egypt
how can you possibly do this a flock of
her that was slaughtered for them
would that even be enough
even if all the fish that were cooked
for the sea from for them from the sea
would that even suffice them.
This is one of the four places where
gives a certain interpretation and his
student
does not have the same interpretation
doesn't agree with him
says this is what Moshe was saying
meaning 600,000 people amongst me and
you think I'm going to cut the even if I
slaughter roll the flock would that be
enough for them
meaning Moshe was asking it simply.
That's what it means.
How you going to be able to give such a
whole nation? How is that going to be
over here? Moshe was asking of God, how
is it possible you're going to be able
to do this? And Rashi asks the question
and it talks about he says later on we
find that Moshe uses a ser similar
terminology that how is he says how is
it possible that this rock is going to
give water why is it that by that case
Moshe was punished but over here Moshe
wasn't punished for the words he said he
says because in the case of the rock
Moshe said it out loud listen here
rebels how can the rock give water over
here it was between him and God and
therefore God did not punish him for
what he said
negates or disagrees with his teacher
Rabaka
And he says, "No,
heaven forbid.
Heaven forbid to say that Moshe
questioned God's abilities."
One who says that one who the Torah
describes that in my whole house he
trusted God. He's the most trusted
servant of God would question if God can
even have the ability to give.
This is what Moshe said.
There's 600,000 of these people
and you said you're going to give them
meat for a month time
and they going to go kill such a nation.
Are they worthy that you're going to
give them? Why should you give them all
this meat
that you should kill them afterwards?
And you think that this meat is going to
keep them satiated forever?
Is this your praise?
I'm giving you food and then I'm going
to chop you off and then I'm going to
kill you.
God answers him. If I'm not going to
give them, they'll say that I don't have
the ability to do it. That could be good
for you.
That they should think that God doesn't
have the ability to do it.
Better
that like them and hundreds like them
should die.
that nobody should think that God
doesn't have the ability to do
something.
So we see from over here is the two
opinions. Rabaka says that he was
questioning God. Meaning where's God
going to get this meat from? Rabim says
impossible that he was questioning God.
He was asking what's the point of giving
them all this meat if you're going to
kill them anyways afterwards. God said I
don't want them to think that I don't
have the ability to do it. With this,
Rashi continues as we're soon going to
see that he continues the words of Rabi
Shima and the rest of the explanation as
we get to verse 23.
God responds to Moshe.
Do you think that God's hand is limited?
Now you will see
if my words if what I happens says or
not. In Rashid's continuation in the
previous explanation,
the son of says
you cannot stand on the secondary that
means you can't apply the secondary item
meaning
because they're only requesting only
they're making a lielist event they
could have went and slaughtered their
animals
I shouldn't give it to them
meaning that they will ultimately be
judged and think about what you did and
didn't give it to them just because
they're making a lielist account.
Therefore, you can allow yourself to
allow to them to say, "Oh, yeah, you're
not able to do it." And he explains
if you're going to give them good bulls
meat,
we wanted lamb's meat.
We wanted from a animal or birds meat.
We want fishing grasshoppers.
So therefore, Mosh, therefore, he says
to them,
They'll say, God says to Moshe, they'll
say, "I don't have the ability to do
it."
So he says, "You know what? I'll go and
appease them. Maybe they'll go back on
their complaints. So therefore, God says
to Moshe,
"Now you're going to go see if your
words are true or not because you're
going to see they're not going to
listen."
Mosha went and tried to appease them. He
said to them,
"Do you think God doesn't have the
ability to do it? Look at the rack and
water came out. Give you food." They
answered,
"You're trying to get us to calm us down
because God really can't uh answer our
requests and therefore they didn't
accept what Moshe said. That's why the
verse continues
once." They didn't listen. So therefore,
Moshe went back and gathered the 70
people because he saw they weren't
listening. So over here, the
conversation between God and Moshe,
according to the second opinion, is
where Moshe says, "What's the point of
it?" God says, "Because I don't want
them to think that God's hand is
shortened." So Mosha says, "One second,
maybe I can go convince them and find
out what they really want." Moshe says
they're not. God says they're not going
to listen to you. As we see, Moshe tries
and they don't listen.
Verse 24,
Mosha goes out and speaks to the people.
And that's what we're referring to that
Moshe spoke to them trying to appease
them and trying to say that um to see
what was happening over here and told
the people that what God had said
and
she he gathered the 70 elders
and he they stood around the tent.
Verse 25
and God came down in the cloud and he
spoke to them
and he elevated them. How? By taking
love that from taking from bestowing the
spirit that was on Moshe and gave it to
them and he gave it to the 70 people the
elders
and it was as the spirit rested upon
them.
They prophesized but they did not
continue afterwards the prophecy after
that day.
The only day that they prophesized was
that day
explains that
they didn't stop the prophecy that
actually from the first prophecy they
didn't need any more bestowing from
there. Verse 26.
There were two people that were left in
the camp.
One was elder and the second one his
name was Maid
and the divine presence rested upon them
and they were their names were um and
they were among the people that their
names were mentioned.
What that means is we'll get to in a
moment. They did not leave they did not
go out of the tent.
and they prophesized in the camp. What
is
from those 70 people? These two were
there. They said,
"We are not worthy enough to be from the
elders." What does it mean that they
were from the ones that were written
down
there? They were on the list who should
be appointed for the Sanhedrin. That
means there was a list of 70 names and
they were from the who are worthy of it.
And was from the original list.
They were all written down names who
should be chosen through a lottery
meaning that the lottery should go for
the 12 tribes.
We're supposed to be six representatives
for each tribe.
Besides two of the tribes that only had
five because if you go six from 10
tribes comes out to 60. you have another
you 70 means two tribes are going to get
only 70
Moshe said
it is not fear how is it that every
tribe is going to have six besides two
we should only have five that's not fear
so what did he do
he took 72 notes
he wrote on 70 of them that they should
be an elder
and two are emptyish
So he picked out from each one six
papers. That's 72 total.
Said
take your paper out of the box.
Whoever said it on this paper that you
become holy became holy. Whoever got
empty
means that God doesn't want you. So your
hand over here automatically minus two
of them from whatever tribe it was by a
lottery. The Torah is telling us that
were from the two that were chosen.
And the lad ran and he told Moshe and he
said
prophecing prophesizing in the camp. Who
is the lad? Let's see.
Some say that it was Gish the son of
Moshe.
And the reason why they think it's him
because since Yeshua is the one that
responds as we see in the next uh verse
and Yeshua answers
the assistant of Mosha
from his youth and he says my master
imprison
You want them to be imprisoned, you want
them to uh the word, you want them to
dissipate from their great glory that
they're now prophesizing. Give them
communal tasks and they're going to be
so busy with the communal task is not
going to want anymore to be in charge
and automatically they won't be able to
prophesize because prophecy can only be
by a person who's joyful.
Another explanation was
put them in prison. Because what they
were prophesizing was Moshe Mosh is
going to die. Yeshua says that Yeshua is
going to be the one to bring them into
the land of Israel. Even though he knew
it was for prophecy, but he felt that
this was rebellion against Noah and
therefore they should put into prison
responded to Yeshua.
Are you zealous for my sake?
If only God will make everybody prophets
that God shall put a spirit of prophecy
on all of them. 29
are you here to fight my fights meaning
because of me
the word comes to zealous when a person
really dedicates himself to something to
an extreme way or to take revenge allows
her to help um impairment when a person
gets really excited about something
really zealous
and therefore he takes hold into the
difficulty of it because since he wants
to be able to take to get you know to
make sure he's done he he takes it to an
extreme an extreme way of taking care or
defending somebody else's honor. This
concludes the sixth Torah reading of
paras Bahalosa.